Wednesday, July 24, 2013

I got to teach!

This past weekend, I had
the pleasure of being invited to teach at Arizona's only Gammill
dealership. I have taught quilting classes before, but never on the
longarm. And, of course, I drive a Gammill. (That elicited giggles in
class, the concept that I “drive” a longarm.)

I wanted to teach Free
Motion Feathers, as I know that feathers are something many people
stress over. First, I created a sample for the shop to hang to
advertise the classes. My sample is on satin (if you have followed me
for any amount of time, you know that I LOVE quilting on satin!) and
shows just a sampling of the feathers that I intended to demonstrate.

There are a zillion ways
to quilt feathers. They can be plain or fancy, elegant or whimsical,
structured or fancy-free. The students were eager and asked lots of
great questions.

I quilted out some simple
feathers, embellished feathers, feathered swags and feathered hearts,
feathered wreaths and feather borders. Finally, the elegant Victorian
feather, which curls up and over and around to fill any type of
space.

And, I want to give a big
“shout out” to my unofficial Rim Country fan club – both
sessions contained friends from my guild and other local quilting
groups. Thanks for your support, my quilty friends!

I have to say, I can't
wait to do it again! In a couple of months, I will be teaching a
full-day, hands-on class. It will be great to lead them in stitching
out their own beautiful feathers!